A new Turkish restaurant opened in Morgantown recently.
Istanbul Restaurant is located along Patteson Drive and serves a large menu full of classic favorites.
As I was perusing the menu, the owner gave me a taste of baklava and another sweet treat that I didn't catch the name of.
Wow - both were sweet and delicious.
That made me want to sample more. So I went with a sampler appetizer and a sampler entree.
The sampler appetizer came with ezme, hummus, tabbouleh, shaksuka, dolma, babaganos, tzatziki and piyaz.
And then the combo dinner had chicken gyro and lamb gyro.
So I took these back, and my mom and I had a little feast.
Since the restaurant didn't have all the items in stock, we substituted a few items.
But the lamb and chicken were both delish. And I loved the rice and salad, too.
Each of the appetizers was tasty, too.
And, I particularly liked the eggplant dish.
Just wish we had pita for everything.
